《A Central Asian city on the Silk Road》.pdf

A R C H A E O L O G Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L A Central Asian city on the Silk Road: occupation gradually moved south, and by the mid-first millennium BC the urban cen­ ancient and medieval Merv tre had shifted to the south and east, where it was well sited for departures on the great Georgina Herrmann trade routes. Its location reflects the impor­ tance of contacts with Iran, India and In the 1 1 th century AD, Merv was one of the world s largest Central Asia. India could be reached by and most splendid cities. Today it is a huge arch aeological travelling up the Murghab Valley, and site, the complexities of which are being unravelled by th e Merv was also well sited for the 180km march across the desert to ancient Amul In ternational Merv Project (IMP). Here the